Category
Family attractions
Days out built around children — theme parks, model villages, dinosaur trails, chocolate factories, train sets, soft-play behemoths and the rare-breeds petting farms in between.
23 places in this category.
Family attractions by region
- 4 family attractions in South East England
- 3 family attractions in London
- 3 family attractions in South West England
- 2 family attractions in East of England
- 2 family attractions in East Midlands
- 2 family attractions in West Midlands
- 2 family attractions in North West England
- 2 family attractions in North East England
- 2 family attractions in North Wales
- 1 family attractions in South Wales
Highlights
Flagship📷 10Family attractions · London
KidZania London
Indoor 'city' where kids 4-14 try out 60 real-world jobs at child scale.
Flagship📷 10Family attractions · London
The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience
Immersive replica of the 1990s game show, four zones and the Crystal Dome.
★ Iconic📷 10Family attractions · London
Madame Tussauds London
London's 1884 wax museum — the original Madame Tussauds, with 250 figures and the Chamber of Horrors.
Flagship📷 8Family attractions · South East England
Peppa Pig World
The world's first Peppa Pig theme park, inside Hampshire's Paultons Park.
★ Iconic📷 10Family attractions · South East England
Blackgang Chine
The UK's oldest amusement park, opened on the Isle of Wight in 1843.
★ Iconic📷 3Family attractions · South West England
Crealy Theme Park & Resort
Devon's biggest family theme park, a 100-acre former working farm.
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📷 5Family attractions · South East England
Tilgate Park & Nature Centre
Crawley's 450-acre country park with a free-entry children's nature centre.
📷 5Family attractions · South East England
Gulliver's Land
Milton Keynes family theme park aimed at under-13s.
Flagship📷 4Family attractions · South West England
The Big Sheep
Devon farm and theme park famous for its twice-daily sheep racing.
📷 3Family attractions · South West England
World of Country Life
Devon family park with a deer safari and Victorian rural museum.
★ Iconic📷 3Family attractions · East of England
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London — The Making of Harry Potter
Original Harry Potter film sets at Leavesden Studios — the UK's most-visited paid attraction.
📷 5Family attractions · East of England
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter is a walk-through exhibition and studio tour in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, owned by Warner Bros. and operated by their Studio Tours
📷 4Family attractions · East Midlands
Gulliver's Kingdom
The original Gulliver's, climbing a Peak District hillside since 1978.
Flagship📷 4Family attractions · East Midlands
Conkers
120-acre family activity park in the heart of the National Forest.
📷 3Family attractions · West Midlands
Snowdome
The Snowdome is an indoor ski slope just off the A5 road in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England. It opened in May 1994 and was the first full-sized recreational indoor ski slope in the UK.
★ Iconic📷 3Family attractions · West Midlands
Cadbury World
Chocolate-themed visitor attraction at the Cadbury Bournville factory.
📷 5Family attractions · North West England
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Manchester
Indoor Lego attraction at Manchester's Trafford Centre.
📷 3Family attractions · North West England
Southport Model Railway Village
Southport Model Railway Village is a tourist attraction located in Southport, England. It is a model village with a focus on trains and railways.
★ Iconic📷 5Family attractions · North East England
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Open-air living museum of 19th and 20th century northern England — staffed by costumed re-enactors.
📷 4Family attractions · North East England
Diggerland Durham
Theme park where children drive real construction equipment.
📷 3Family attractions · North Wales
Greenwood Forest Park
North Wales family park with the world's only people-powered roller coaster.
📷 4Family attractions · North Wales
Canolfan Tryweryn
Canolfan Tryweryn is the National White Water Centre for Wales, and is based near Bala in north Wales. In 1986, it developed the first commercial white water rafting operation in the UK. The centre is
Flagship📷 4Family attractions · South Wales
Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
Wales's biggest family attraction — zoo, indoor vintage funfair and farm.
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Frequently asked questions
- What are the best family days out in the UK?
- For pure entertainment, the big theme parks (Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Legoland Windsor, Drayton Manor, Paultons Park) are the obvious draws. For something quieter, model villages (Bekonscot, Babbacombe), open-air museums (Beamish, Black Country Living Museum), Cadbury World and Warner Bros Studio Tour all reliably absorb a full day with under-12s.
- Are there family attractions that are free?
- Most national museums in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff are free — and several (Natural History Museum, Science Museum, National Railway Museum) are explicitly designed for children. Many city farms, country parks and beaches are also free. The big purpose-built attractions (theme parks, KidZania, Sea Life centres) charge admission.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.